壷 – jar, pot, hinge knuckle

11 strokes#2197 in newspaper frequencyN1 vocabulary

The kanji 壷 means jar, pot, hinge knuckle, one's aim. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is コ (ko); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is つぼ (tsubo). It is written with 11 strokes, under radical 士 (no. 33).

Stroke order

Stroke order from KanjiVG. Practise others with the stroke order lookup.

Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	コ	ko
Kun’yomi	つぼ	tsubo

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 士 (Kangxi radical 33). Components: ｜・一・口・士・冖.

Words using 壷

壷つぼpot

Kanji with the same radical

売声士壮

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